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Beril Naz Hassan / The Sun:
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Britney Spears ‘fed up with conservatorship,’ has not seen documentary: source
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Jess Cohen / E! Online:
Ashley Benson and G-Eazy Break Up After Less Than a Year Together  —  Nine months after Ashley Benson and G-Eazy first sparked romance rumors, a source confirms to E! News that the couple has broken up.  —  Got a secret, can you keep it?  It's over for Ashley Benson and G-Eazy.
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Cydney Contreras / E! Online:
Ashley Benson Broke Up With G-Eazy Because She Felt He Wasn't “Fully Committed”
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Stephanie Petit / People.com:
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Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
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Nicole Chenoweth / The Sun:
BACHELOR BASHED Bachelor Nation slam Matt James as ‘trash’ for eliminating Katie Thurston as fan-fave is set to become next Bachelorette
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Nick Markus / Celebrity Insider:
Aaron Rodgers And Shailene Woodley's Engagement Confirmed!
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Christina Dugan / People.com:
Billy Brown, Alaskan Bush People Dad, Dies at 68: ‘We Are Heartbroken,’ Says Bear Brown  —  The family patriarch died Sunday night after suffering a seizure, his son said  —  Alaskan Bush People patriarch Billy Brown has died.  —  According to Bear Brown, one of Billy's sons, he died on Sunday night after suffering a seizure.
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Mollie Mansfield / The Sun:
‘PAINFUL TIME’ Alaskan Bush People patriarch Billy Brown dead at 68 after seizure as family mourns sudden passing
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
The Biggest Bombshells From Priyanka Chopra's New Book, Unfinished  —  In her new memoir, Priyanka Chopra gets candid about her pageant days, being bullied, a traumatic surgical procedure, making the jump to American films and TV, and becoming Mrs. Nick Jonas.
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Jodi Guglielmi / People.com:
Paris Hilton Gives Emotional Testimony Against Utah Boarding School, Alleging ‘Terrible’ Abuse  —  The entrepreneur previously made her allegations against the Provo Canyon School in the YouTube Originals documentary This Is Paris  —  Paris Hilton is speaking out about abuse she alleges she endured at a Utah boarding school.
FemaleFirst:
Nick Kroll is a father  —  Nick Kroll's wife, Lily Kwong, has given birth to the couple's first child, a baby boy. … Nick Kroll has become a father for the first time.  —  The ‘Big Mouth’ star's wife Lily Kwong has revealed she gave birth to a baby boy last month, though she hasn't revealed …
Discussion: Page Six
Lana Byrnes / Ok -:
James Lock and Yazmin Oukhellou have officially split while in Dubai together  —  TOWIE's Yazmin Oukhellou and James Lock have officially split while holidaying in Dubai - EXCLUSIVE  —  EXCLUSIVE: TOWIE faves James Lock and Yazmin Oukhellou have officially broken up with both parties telling OK! that they're over.
Mike Vulpo / E! Online:
OWN TV Host Dr. Laura Berman's Son Samuel Dead at 16 After Apparent Overdose  —  In an Instagram post, Dr. Laura Berman confirmed her 16-year-old son Samuel had died after he overdosed.  See why the Oprah Winfrey Network star is asking social media platforms to get involved.
Ryan Gajewski / E! Online:
Katy Perry Says She Hadn't Wanted Orlando Bloom to Share Stories About Welcoming Son With Ex Miranda Kerr  —  Katy Perry dropped by Jimmy Kimmel Live on Feb. 8 and said she hadn't initially encouraged fiancé Orlando Bloom to discuss key moments from raising the son he shares with ex-wife Miranda Kerr.
Discussion: FemaleFirst
Chris Morris / Variety:
Mary Wilson, Co-Founder of the Supremes, Dies at 76 … Vocalist Mary Wilson, who co-founded the Supremes as a 15-year-old in a Detroit housing project and stayed with the fabled, hitmaking Motown Records trio until its dissolution in 1977, died on Monday night at her home in Las Vegas.  She was 76.
 
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